Inspired

I am home alone right now.  Michael is on a school field trip with Mike.  Liam is at preschool.  Chloe is with Grammy and Poppy.  It's very rare and a little creepy to be home alone.  But it's lovely too.

I had great plans to mop the kitchen floor and start cleaning up our back porch.  But on the drive back from preschool drop off, I stopped to get coffee and a breakfast sandwich because in the midst of morning chaos, I didn't eat anything.  When I got home, I decided to enjoy my food instead of rushing through it.  I had the sense of time slowing down.  I looked at a Kmart ad, watched a few mindless minutes of the Today show & then checked to see if there were any new blog posts to read before beginning my chores.

I read Kelsey's post...and it stopped me in my tracks.  I had to take a minute and let it sink in.  I don't know if she realized how powerful that post would turn out to be.  But as I told her in my comments, it fit right into my heart today.

I'm going to go get those few chores now done because they do need to be taken care of and I can do them quickly with no littles in the house.  But that post inspired me to take a moment and write this down:

I need to look beyond the stress we are facing right now.  I need to reconnect with my children, Mike, our family and not allow my perspective to be taken over by money troubles.  And I've definitely been consumed by those troubles.

At least for a little while, I'm taking a deep breath and refocusing my energy.  We've got so many fun plans for this beautiful fall weekend.  I'm not going to miss a minute of it!!